YouTube has tons of features you'll kick yourself for not using – ones that can help you improve your viewing experience. However, most of them won't be of any use if you experience a black screen while watching YouTube. Unfortunately, the problem isn't limited to a specific platform. You can experience the black-screen YouTube issue while using its app on your smartphone, or on a web browser like Chrome on your computer.

Often, the issue stems from a temporary bug or glitch in the app or the browser you're using. In such a case, simply closing the video you're watching and restarting it fixes the problem. Relaunching the YouTube app, or reloading the YouTube page on your browser also helps in getting rid of such bugs and glitches.

But if the problem continues to occur even after trying these fixes, it signals that it's time to get into some advanced troubleshooting. We'll show you how to get rid of the YouTube black-screen problem so you can continue watching your favorite videos.

Like all the apps installed on your smartphone, the YouTube app stores cache data, which is temporary data containing thumbnails, videos, and other information YouTube requires to load content faster. But for various reasons, this data can get corrupt and cause issues like the one at hand. You'll need to clear the YouTube cache data to solve the problem. Here's how to do this on your Android smartphone.